Definition of palpable Palpable
/pæˈlpʌbʌl/ - [patlpubul] - pal•pa•ble
We found 10 definitions of palpable from 6 different sources.
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| palpable - capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie" | ||
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| impalpable imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream" | ||
| perceptible easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court" | ||
| palpable - can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor" | ||
| perceptible easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court" | ||
| medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- palpable (a.)
Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form. - palpable (a.)
Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors.
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palpable
Easily perceived.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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palpable
pal′pa-bl, adj. that can be touched or felt: easily perceived or found out, as lies, &c.: looking as if it might be touched or felt: obvious, gross.—ns. Palpabil′ity, Pal′pableness, quality of being palpable: obviousness.—adv. Pal′pably.—v.t. Pal′pāte, to examine by touch.—n. Palpā′tion, the act of examining by means of touch. [Fr.,—L. palpabilis—palpāre, -ātum, to touch softly.]
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